The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-11-26
The Local Lounger.
TO BUFFALO BILL.

TO BUFFALO BILL.
Thou long of hair, of stalwart form,
Those true, unerring arms can throw
And hit the bounding buffalo
And quickly make II very warm
For him. o thou of bloody scenes,
Who clashed In battles rudest shock
With the wild Indians Of New Yock,
And grizzly bears OF New Orleans.
Who scalped the Sioux on Boston's plains,
And through wild Cincinnati's woods
And Philadelphias solitudes
Lifted the covering from their brains.
Still let the Brooklyn river flow,
The wild Ohio ocean beat;
Still let the shaggy bison fleet
Tread Pittsburgh's forests to and fro;
But though begirt by London scenes
Shalt ne'er return 10 wander more
Through the waste wilds of Baltimore
Or the deep woods of New Orleans.
Yankee Blade.
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II Is quite common sight to see persons
putting coin in their mouths-especially
women, while putting on glove or while
opening purse with the gloves on their
hands. 1t may be entertaining therefore to
remember that Cinnamon have the habit
of using their ears In lieu of of coin purses
for the storage of ten cent pieces, carrying
often as many as half dozen in their aural
appendages at a time. Another curious
custom is that of putting silver and gold
coins IN the mouths of the dead, which af.
forwards fall into the hands of the coolies
who scrape the bones of the dislnterred
bodies, and through them pass into general
circulation. 1t is said that $50 gold slug
was found in the mouth of Chinese Eody
disinterred in an American Chinese Gem.
etery recently, while it is frequent occur
renee to find S. and $40 pieces. OF course 1t
is not necessary under the circumstances to
say that the practice of putting coins In the
mouth is not clearly, if not to say unsafe,
especially when 1t Is not known whether
the Chinaman ever cleaned his ears or
whether the deceased died of leprosy.
smallpox. or something else as bad.
$50
Noticing that. 1t is the custom in the
offices of great journals to get down under
meath the private life of men who have be.
come prominent In social and public life,
and find that they began life at 81 so a
day, We have at last come TO the conclusion
that such state of affairs Is the essential
foundation of greatness. You fellows that
are enjoying life at 50 and S. day may as
we'll give up all idea of being president or
Judge at a "hoss" race. Your star has
set.
We hope that the recent report of the
discovery of another national gas well at
Mendoza may prove to be unfounded. Not
that We wish to see the possibilities of
Mendota's progress retarded, but because
We are an intense friend of Hon. E. s.
BIowne. Nick Cummings had to leave
for Streator, where there is no natural gas,
and we fear for Browne with throbbing
fear Of despair.
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We notice with an extreme degree of
helplessness that Mrs. Sachs, the st. Louis
woman who threw the pancake into Mrs.
Clevelands lap, Is posing as an attraction at
dime museum at $500 per month. This
opens to the women of our broad, free land
a new and attractive field into which their
yearning souls may rest in soft, dreamy
bliss. Now let somebody expectorate on
Mr.. Cleveland's boots, pull Mrs. Us hair,
or appropriate the toothpick used by him
on inauguration day. If any one has taste
in this direction, let him cultivate it, 1t is
worth $500 per month, or possibly 5000.
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The camel backed bridge,